Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 15:05
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 165 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 587 55% 456 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8423) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 34.4 20% 27.5 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 24.8 23% 28.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4751 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 405 (B1) Unknown 91 91 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8419503706	84.2% Excellent	Read 489 Write 274 Mixed 278 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 28.7 128% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 66.5 89% 165 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 114%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 61GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -90305981457131 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1458 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1458 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1458 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 30881 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 89 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30881 (F2) Unknown 100 100 266305 (F9) Unknown 100 100 969	90% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 243 Mixed 326 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 24.7 144% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 77.1 112% 209 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	105x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16